Police say Somali-American appeared to be a lone attacker; stores reopen at the mall

ST. CLOUD, Minn.—St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said investigators had found no evidence so far that the man who stabbed 10 people in a mall here on Saturday had any ties to the Islamic State terror group or to the recent bombing attacks in the New York area.

“As of this moment, we have not uncovered anything other than that he was a lone...

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